Cyclone Djoungou (2024)

Cyclone Djoungou reached Category 5 in the South Indian between February 13, 2024 and February 20, 2024, with a lowest pressure of 923 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Djoungou, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2024 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin: South Indian
Dates: February 13, 2024 to February 20, 2024
Peak strength: Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
Lowest pressure: 923 mb (27.26 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 870 km (541 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 12.7
Identifier: SH132024

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Feb 13, 06:00	13.7S 66.1E	15 kt	1010 mb	Disturbance
Feb 13, 12:00	13.4S 66.0E	20 kt	1007 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 13, 18:00	13.3S 65.8E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Feb 14, 00:00	13.5S 65.6E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Feb 14, 06:00	13.7S 65.4E	20 kt	1005 mb	Disturbance
Feb 14, 12:00	14.2S 64.9E	20 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Feb 14, 18:00	14.7S 64.3E	25 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Feb 15, 00:00	15.0S 64.1E	30 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Feb 15, 06:00	15.2S 64.0E	30 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Feb 15, 12:00	15.3S 64.1E	30 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Feb 15, 18:00	15.5S 64.6E	35 kt	1003 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 16, 00:00	15.7S 65.0E	45 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 16, 06:00	15.8S 65.4E	50 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 16, 12:00	16.0S 66.0E	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 16, 18:00	16.1S 66.6E	60 kt	988 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 17, 00:00	16.2S 67.6E	65 kt	984 mb	Typhoon
Feb 17, 06:00	16.2S 68.8E	70 kt	980 mb	Typhoon
Feb 17, 12:00	16.4S 70.2E	90 kt	966 mb	Typhoon
Feb 17, 18:00	16.8S 71.9E	100 kt	959 mb	Typhoon
Feb 18, 00:00	17.5S 73.8E	110 kt	950 mb	Typhoon
Feb 18, 06:00	18.6S 76.3E	130 kt	934 mb	Super typhoon
Feb 18, 12:00	19.9S 78.6E	135 kt	938 mb	Super typhoon
Feb 18, 18:00	21.5S 81.1E	120 kt	943 mb	Typhoon
Feb 19, 00:00	23.3S 83.1E	105 kt	954 mb	Typhoon
Feb 19, 06:00	25.2S 85.5E	90 kt	965 mb	Typhoon
Feb 19, 12:00	27.0S 88.5E	80 kt	969 mb	Typhoon
Feb 19, 18:00	29.6S 91.5E	55 kt	984 mb	Subtropical storm
Feb 20, 00:00	31.1S 95.4E	50 kt	987 mb	Subtropical storm
Feb 20, 06:00	32.3S 100.5E	50 kt	987 mb	Extratropical

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What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.